Painted the first step of plate and cup in Painting #2 and worked on the sky in Landscape-Original #1. Much more work to do on the sky.
Here are the two campgrounds I will be camped at all summer in the Bighorns. At North Tongue River Campground I will be at site #8 most of the time and at Tie Flume Campground I will be at site #21 most of the time.
No painting today. Glued four pieces of Belgium Linen to 3/8″ masonite panels, two 11″ x 14″s and two 8″ x 10″s. I want to take four 8″ x 10″ panels and four 11″ x 14″ panels on my trip to the Bighorns this summer.
Did more work on what I’m creatively calling Still Life #2. I regret using a pen to draw the grid. It isn’t easy to cover the grid with one coat of paint so this is a base layer.
Started the backgrounds of two still life paintings.
Today I didn’t paint. Instead I constructed two wet oil panel storage boxes, one for 8″ x 10” panels and one for 11″ x 14″ panels which are standard frame sizes. Each box will hold 4 panels. Oil paint takes at the minimum days to dry so you need somewhere to put them, especially on the road. You can buy these boxes but they are expensive and only one or two sizes are available. For a couple of decades I’ve thought of buying a French Easel which is for Plein Air Painting (painting outside).
The easel was 40% off so I snatched it up. It’s a popular brand.
Beginning June 1st I’ll be camping in the Bighorn Mountains for 100 days. There’s no shortage of subject matter for paintings, especially on the west side of the mountains.
